s~o ~nflruaions for A right comforting ---------------------~----- -- ·-· ------ CHAP. XIII. Twa more Caufes of the fvrm~r t}Jt[a!adie, Eventhly,IifuJ Chrijt,himfelfe, bleJT~d for ever, drunke full deepe ofthe extremity,and va· riety offorell futf~rings,in ma. ny kinds;_ not only to deliver his, from the-vengptnceofeter- . nal!fire; but al[o lovingly to learne 0L~lt~~~ewnfe of that fympathy, and ielfefeeling, to fhew himfelfetender-"heaned, kind, and compaffionate unto them in all their extremities,and ne\er to fuff.::r them to finke in any trouble or afRiCl:ion ·though never fo full ofdefperate reprefentations, or ;pprehenfions of impofsibility to efcape; or to be tempted at ar1y time above their power and patience. And many are·the n'leanes, and Methods by whiCh, He is wont to eafe and mitigate their niany painefull mHeries; efpecially that l:!xtr~m~Jl of Marty~ dome. Firft;Sometimes Hee refcues them by his dWne m!glny,and immediate ~~nne,out .ofthe mouth of-Lyons, ai1d puis ;'them by firong harid from b6tweene the teeth of bloody ·perfecuting Wolves, * L-:t no Chriftiln 2 Tim.4. 17. Secondly, "" Sometimes He takes athen affitct hi~ Sou le way,or leflens the fiing, and fury ofthe torment and with any clrkt"g, er torturers. The fire had no force at all over the bodies vexmo torc.thou>ht of f r. rr. d A d d b • ·'cryt~mes. AfitJ~ethy o tho1eblene .men, 7Jan.3.27. n no out m !i:l f. if God ell thee to Qgeene c.Jilarm dayes, ofmoll abhorred memory, fuff~r in that kind; He Hee many· times mollified and fweetncd the rage, wil gro1eioufly give un• and bittemeffe of thofe mercileffe flames, for our ro_ Thee a Mmyt:s Martyrs fakes. Thirdly,fometimes hefupports,and 'Fatth, adl\1Clrtyrs pn 0 1.f fupplies them with fupernaturall vigour, and extra~ ence, an rovvne di h .r. d · f h Martyrdome. or nary courage over t e .~mart an ngour o t e mofr
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